Deanna's Playhouse to close its doors

Tuesday

Jun 17, 2014 at 12:45 PMJun 17, 2014 at 1:21 PM

By Andrea.Goodell@HollandSentinel.com(616) 546-4275

It is the final hour, and Deanna’s Playhouse has no white knight.Deanna’s Playhouse will close permanently as of Thursday. The play center has offered educational play for 0 to 5 year olds for the past 10 years, but went into foreclosure last year and was unable to raise the $1.3 million needed to pay off the building.Working with an anonymous investor and museum designer Ingrid Kanics, Life Services Parent System, which owns the playhouse, hoped to turn the building at 11172 Adams St. into a children’s museum focusing on Science Technology Engineering and Math.However that deal has fallen through. Thursday will be the final day for Deanna’s Playhouse.Executive Director Deanna Depree still holds out a small hope that someone will see the design and want to invest in the project.— Keep watching HollandSentinel.com for more on this story.— Follow this reporter on Facebook and on Twitter, @SentinelAndrea.